liú

the owl

Components
留 sound component

  Sound component

liú

  

to stay

鸟 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鹠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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liú

the owl; see 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiū​liú]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9349th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

Unicode

U+9E60


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